Now what do the Lakers do? They could do a sign-and-trade for Odom or trade another player, preferably for a back-up power forward or center. Who's still out there? Better yet, who will take the veteran's minimum, which is all the Lakers have left after paying Ron Artest and Shannon Brown.

But there are reasons why all of these players are still searching for teams and it has nothing to do with agents who are overplaying their hand. They simply don't have offers/are out-of-shape/not good enough/want more money.

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